By popular demand from the netizens who loaned him money, dissident-artist Ai Weiwei sings an ode to the caonima, or Grass Mud Horse. The phrase is the homonym of a profanity you use to greet the mothers of people you don't like. Today is the deadline for Ai's 15million RMB tax bill. Watch this space. more ›

Chinasmack is currently working on translating some of the most popular Chinese internet memes from 2009, and they want your help to think of good ones the netizens of Netease may have missed. We've already seen some of our favorites: "What brother is eating is not noodles, but loneliness," "Believe in Brother Chun for everlasting life and "Jia Junpeng, your mom is calling you home for dinner"; but we were surprised by the omission of one of the best memes of the year, the infamous Grass Mud Horse. more ›

The deviant little grass mud horse has struck again - only this time, it's a real alpaca rather than an internet one that's the center of this controversy. According to Forbes Asia, two Chinese men used an elaborate scam to trick an oblivious 74-year-old Tennessean Alpaca farmer into giving them business visas. more ›

A Chinese character has finally been created for the new equine breed -- caonima (草泥马) or "grass mud horse" -- that's been galloping amok on the Chinese interwebs much to the chagrin of the Net Nanny. The 艹 radical refers to 'grass' (草), 尼resembles泥 and both are homophones, while 马is the character for 'horse'. The new character even has a recommended pronunciation -- Jia4 or Yu2. [h/t to Isaac Mao] more ›

We've already reported on the current darling of the internets, the Grass Mud Horse (草泥马), last week. But after a bout of Youtube surfing over the weekend, we realized that we weren't doing the almost religious fanaticism to this new meme justice. So we've included some more "Cao Ni Ma" ballads to lighten up your Monday morning. more ›

The Net Nanny makes all of our lives a little more annoying, providing hours of infuriating slow and often inaccessible browsing. more ›